TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricultural and Music Center. Popula tion, I960 Census, 16,102. I'rcvard Community 8.50C. _I_ Vol. 72 — No. 1 * THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961 Newspaper ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfall* Mecca for Summer Camp*. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. PUBLISHED WEEKLL* MASONIC LEADERS IN BRE % VARD, shown above, are officers for the Dunn’s Rock lodge. They were duly installed at a public installation in the Masonic Temple on December 29th. They are, front row, left to 1 right: W. A. Hart, past master, treas urer; A. H. Jenkins, senior warden; ! H. C. Gardner, worshipful master; ■ J. C. Cassell, Jr., junior warden; Henry R. Henderson, past master, secretary. Back row, left to right, Gene Palmer, chaplain; Charles Peevy, senior steward; Harvey South er, senior deacon; W. O. Morris, junior deacon; Thomas Earl Payne, Jr., junior steward, and Fred M. Mc Call, tyler. (Austin Photo) Tax Listers Are Busy, Books Now In Townships Tax listing began in Transyl vania on Tuesday morning, and the books will remain in the var ious townships through next Tuesday, January 10th. , Tax Supervisor Lewis Os -borne, urges Transylvanians to list early and avoid the long waiting lines during the last minute rush. After February 4th, there will be a penalty imposed on all per sons listing their taxes. Property that must be listed falls into four major categories: 1. All real estate and tangible personal property owned on January 1st, 1961. 2. A poll, or capitation, tax required of all male-persons be tween the ages of 21 and 50 as of the first of the New Year. 3. Every dog, male or female, more than six months old owned or kept on the first. 4. Farm reports. 4 4 Turner Wins Free Trip Herman Turner, manager of Houston Furniture company here, is on an all-expense paid tour to Florida as a guest of the Philco corporation. Mr. Turner won the trip on record sales at the local store. ~ He flew to Miami by jet and is staying at the famous Foun tainbleu hotel. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, January 5th — Ki wanis club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. Lions club meets at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Ma sons meet in Masonic Temple at 7:30 p.m. GOP organizational meeting at NYA hut at 8:00 p.m. Brevard College Vs. Asheville ^Biltmore, college gym at 7:30 ▼ p.m. Friday, January 6th — Bre vard College Vs. Young Harris, Ga., college gym at 7:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, January 8th — At tend the church of your choice. Monday, January 9th — Rotary meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m. Shriners meet at Berry’s at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 10th — Chamber of Commerce board of directors meet in library at 7:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 11th — Jaycees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 p.m. Tips Given Motorists Sale Of License Tags Lagging, Plea Is Made The §ale of license tags dur ing the first two days this week were slightly off as compared With last year, Mrs. Rosa Nor wood, manager of the Carolina Motor Club office announces to day. She reminds all motorists that they must secure their new tags and place them on their vehicles by nr'dnight, February 15th. She urges them to buy early and avoid the waiting line later this month and during the first two weeks in February. Mrs. Norwood points out that persons who have not received their 1961 renewal cards should come by her office immediately ... \ The Weather \ a-.....0 Approximately 13 inches less rain was recorded during 1960 than in 1959, Bobby Hoyle, the official weatherman reports. Total precipitation for 1959 was 75.90 inches, while the 1960 to tal was only 62.69 inches. February was the wettest month during the past year, boasting a total of 8.50 inches. August was second highest with 8.37 inches. November was the driest month, with only .83 of an inch. 1961 came in with 1.04 inches of precipitation on Sunday. The total for the past week was 1.48 inches. Daily readings are as fol low: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High Low 46 31 57 35 53 35 47 27 53 35 50 24 42 17 Pre. 0 .09 .05 .25 1.04 .02 .03 and fill in a renewal card. Her office is open daily from 9 00 to 4:00, and on Saturdays from 9:00 until 12:00 noon. MotorHEars will have the pre fix letters “DV”, in Transylvania, while trucks have “SN”. Farm tags begin with “RB” and trail ers “KD”. It is also explained that again this year, an extra dollar is charged on each tag, and this goes to finance the driver train ing education program in North Carolina. The charge is not made, however, on trailers and motorcycles. New Year’s Quiet The New Year's observance was extremely quiet in Bre vard and Transylvania county. According to local officers, it was one of the quietest New Year's ever. This was due, in part, they explained, to the heavy rains Saturday night. More than one inch of rainfall was recorded. Monday was a holiday in the community, except for the schools, which opened that morning, after a two-weeks’ Christmas vacation. Monday night the local fire department was called to the Allen Smith home in the For est Hills section, where the local firemen quickly put out a blaze that had started around the fireplace. Damages were slight, Fire Chief Dan Merrill reports. GOP To Hold Organizational Meet Thursday Brevard Republicans will meet Thursday, January 5th, at 8:00 p.m. at the Junior High school cafeteria (NYA hut). This is to be an organizational meeting at which officers are to be elected and committees form ed. The membership of this body will be composed of Republicans or persons who intend to become Republicans in the four Brevard voting precincts. The purpose of the organiza tion is to keep interest alive be tween elections, to work more effectively before and during elections, and to become inform ed about governmental proces ses at all levels; in short, to be more responsible citizens. Leaders estimate a Republican population in Brevard of over 40 per cent. Interest among Re publicans has been increasing in recent years. There was a not able surge of interest during the 1960 General Election, which has given this movement the need ed stimulus. All Republicans are urged to p a r t i c ip ate. Non-Republicans who are interested in what is be ing done are welcomed as guests. TB Seal Campaign Said To Be $300 Ahead Of Last Year’s Miss Marie Strasser, treasur er of the Transylvania County TB Committee, reported today that Christmas Seal receipts through December 31 total $1,716.25. This is approximate ly $300 more than was received during the corresponding per iod last year. Miss Jeanette Austin, chair man of the TB committee, ex pressed appreciation to the citizens of Transylvania for their generosity in contribut ing to this worthwhile cause. She explained that 70 per cent of the funds received will re main within the county and that the committee is now busy planning a more exten sive X-ray program for the coming year. Miss Austin also expressed the thanks of the committee to all who assisted in making this year’s highly successful seal sale possible—the volunteers who prepared the letters for Graves To Be Special Guest Of Sanford At Inauguration — , Col. R. D. Graves, professor of mathematics at Brevard College,, will attend the inaugural cere-' monies in Raleigh today as gjjest' of Governor-elect Terry Sanford. Col. Graves commanded the | 517 th Parachute Infantry in; World War II in which Mr. San-1 ford served as Lieutenant of one! of the battalions. - ! The unit fought though tl^ Italian campaign in the summer i of 1944. In recalling the maneuvers of the summer, Col. Graves said: “In August we were dropped behind the lines in the interior! of France and as the right flank of the .Seventh Army we fought i our way toward the English j Channel to meet the amphibious' forces that had invaded the; coast of France. Later on we —Turn To Page Five 1 COL. R. D. GRAVES mailing; Mrs. C. E. Buckner and the kitchen staff of Bre vard College for offering facili ties for the assembly of the Christmas Seal letters for mail ing; Mrs. Verne Hill and the Brevard Senior high glee club for presenting a radio program on behalf of the seal sale; Misses Ada Wilkie and Marion Clark for assisting in count ing the receipts; to Vernon Fullbright and his staff of postal workers for the con sciencious manner in which they handled the Christmas Seal mail; and, to the Tran sylvania Times and WPNF for their year-round co-operation in presenting the TB picture to the public. VFW Awards Many Prizes Prizes in the annual member ship contest of the Lewis E. Jackson Post 4309, Veterans of Foreign Wars, were awarded at their annual party. Winners and their prizes are as follows: Leonard Whitaker, .22 pump Winchester; Carl D. Bryson, .22 pump Remington; Jack Potts, .16 gauge shotgun; Roy Head, port able Arvin radio; John H. Wat son, portable Arvin radio; A. C. Waldrop, Coleman camp stove; John Anderson, sleeping bag; Woody Gosnell, Coleman lantern; Ed L. Gillespie, electric drill; George T. Perkins, radar light; nd Paul E. Banks, hand warm er. Go-getters were awarded money for obtaining the most new or renewal memberships, and they included James Hunni cutt, who won $20.00; and C. L. Corn, Columbus Reynolds, and W. R. Johnson, who won $10.00 each. College s Chemistry Department i TRANSYLVANIA’S FIRST 1961 j BABY, Sharon Elizabeth McCall, is pictured above with her mother and I two attending nurses at the Transyl vania Community hospital. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenis Mc Call, of Rosrrian, the young lady made her appearance into the world j on New Year’s day at 4:28 p. m. She weighed in at seven pounds, three ounces, and she is the McCall’s first child. Dr. Julius Sader, chief of staff at the hospital, was the attending physician. A number of prizes have been awarded to little Miss McCall and her parents by local merchants through the Eaby Derby of The Tran sylvania Times and Station WPNF. In the photo above Mrs. Lois Wort man, LPN, is at the left, and Mrs. Mary Jane King, RN, is at the right. (Times Staff Photo) Smart Now Partner In Law Firm John K. Smart, who has been associated with the law firm of Ramsey and Hill for the past 15 months, has become a part ner in this local legal organiza tion. The firm in the future will be known as Ramsey, Hill and Smart, Attorneys. They are located in their new Legal Building on Gaston street, opposite the Church of the Naz arene. According to Attorneys Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., and Cecil J. Hill, the making of Mr. Smart as a partner in the firm gives evidence of their belief in the future and the continued growth of Brevard and Tran sylvania county. In addition to his profession al work, Mr. Smart has been extremely active in civic and church affairs during the past year. ■ He is a vice president of the Brevard Rotary club and he is a member of the board of di rectors of the Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce. A member of the First Bap tist church of Brevard, he is also a Sunday school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Smart live at Sapphire Manor and they have one child. Mrs. Smart teaches in the public schools of Brevard, and she is an active member of the Jaycettes. Miss Payne Is New Case Worker In Transylvania Miss Margaret Payne has ac cepted the position of casework assistant at the Transylvania County Welfare department, ac cording to an announcement to day by Mrs. Edith Jenkins, su perintendent. A 1960 graduate of Pfeiffer college, Miss Payne has been em ployed at the Pack Memorial Public library, in Asheville. She is the daughter of the former Mary Alta Barnett, of Brevard, and her grandfather, A. W. Barnett, was at one time chief of police in Brevard. Miss Payne began her new duties on January 3rd. Transylvania's Top 10 Stories In '60 The series of snowfalls in Transylvania, which gave the county its worst winter in over SO years, were the top stories here during 1960. Running a close race were the stories about Bre vard High football team, which won 10 regular games and then three play-offs, to give the local school its first AAA championship of North Caro lina. The walkout by the Brevard Police force in Jan uary created vast publicity and this story is includ ed in the top 10. Probably the best news of the county was the announcement by South Carolina promoters that beautiful Lake Toxaway would be restored at a cost of more than two million dollars. Another expansion story included in the top 10 was the announcement of Citizens Telephone com pany to spend nearly two million dollars in provid ing additional phone service. Tragedy is also included in the top 10 in the death of C. M. Douglas on election day and the destruction by fire of the A & P Super market in February. Rounding out the group of stories was ttte begin ning of construction on a new science building at Brevard college. Program Highlights WPNF Now Carrying Sunday School Lesson Of The Air The Sunday School Of The Air is now being heard over radio jstation WPNF, Bill Hancock, program director, announces. Distributed by the Protestant Radio center, this quarter-hour program can be heard weekly each Monday evening at 7:30 o’ clock. These broadcasts, based on the International Sunday School les son, are scheduled on Mon day evening, for the benefit of all listeners, who may find them helpful in preparing their les son for the coming Sunday, Mr. Hancock stated. It was at the request of the county Ministerial association that the local station arranged to receive this program. During the months of January, February and March the broad casts will be conducted by Rev Merle C. Patterson, pastor ot Druid Hills Presbyterian church of Atlanta, Georgia. OTHER PROGRAMS The schedule for the Farm anc Home hour is as follows: Thurs day, S. C. S., Grover McPher son; Friday, U. S. Forestry, Ted Seely; Monday, county agent Tuesday, Extension forestry Leonard Hampton; Wednesday, home agent. Appearing on the Civic Hour are the following; Friday, Ros man Chamber of Commerce; Monday, Mathatasian Club; Wed nesday, Brevard Little Theatre. —Turn To Page Four New Adult Classes To Begin, 10th There are several openings in the adult classes of engin eering drawing and blueprint reading at Brevard Senior High school, Andy Miller, County Supervisor, announces. These classes will run for eight weeks, and are held on Tuesday and Friday inights from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock. They are taught by Robert L. Daniels, local architect. Tuition will be $5.00 a week for a total of $40.00, and the classes will begin on Tuesday, January 10th. Is First Junior j Institution In Aid Program _' ■ j A grant of $5,0UD has been made by the Du Pont company t journalist and humorous speaker of Western North Carolina, will! deliver the main address of the evening. Mr. Brady is a past winner of the D.S.A. in Franklin and is also a past president of the Franklin Jaycees and a past statt vice president of the North Car olina Jaycees. "We feel very fortuaato in by | ing able to secure a speaker ad —Tarn to Pace Hm .